It is time for me to get serious about learning who my ancestors were. As I mentioned previously, I have too many names, dates, URLs, records, etc for me to continue with handwritten notes. I need to get organized. In that previous post, I talked about how I’m organizing URLs, scans and documents. That is [...]
Like many people, I’ve been eagerly watching Who Do You Think You Are, the show where celebrities get to learn about their genealogy. While I could do without the typical network sensationalism (see [celebrity] make a SHOCKING revelation about their ancestors!) and obvious product placement (let’s go to Ancestry.com to look that up!), it [...]
It started with a book my great-aunt gave me. It was a book about her father’s side of the family. On the cover was this image of the original farmstead. Inside were photographs and biographies of ancestors and distant relations going back to the 1830s or so.
I now have copies of death certificates and [...]